Thank you for giving me hope. I have 3 of them that got scalped at some time today. One of them's jaw hinges are exposed through the back of the head but thanks to this story I have hope that they all 3 will get better.
I got 6 chicks which are about 10/11 weeks. I added them to my flock of 2 standard barred rock hens and a silkie hen after spending 2 weeks seeing each other through a screen. The barred rocks are the highest ranking flock members so they picked on the new chicks. They've been together without...
Central coast of California. It's been surprisingly cool for this time of year. Any idea how much wormer to give them? I've never used ivermectin on an animal this small
My 2 barred rocks have had messy rear ends for a while and I've tried treating them for worms using garlic in their water. It hasn't helped and today one of them had a yellowish foamy stool and another a watery stool(images of the hens and the stools below. Any treatment ideas?
They both eat...
She behaves normal, aside from the mouth breathing. There is no discharge nor is there diarrhea. I'm not sure how long she's been doing it because I just noticed this Saturday evening before mother's day. When I had them all in the carrying pen you see her in now due to a power outage. If I...
After bringing my chicks in from the garage to keep warm during a power outage I noticed that one of my wyandottes is breathing through her mouth and making a crackling noise.
I haven't noticed any diarrhea or any other symptoms
Any idea what it could be or at least a general treatment? They...
Are chickens known to get scared to death? I had a 1 year old silkie hen drop dead either last night or early this morning. No signs of illness or anything. I feel like it could have been a fear induced heart attack because we recently moved her and her pen mate to my grandmother's and she has a...
So we have 4, maybe 5 roosters, of the 100% for sure roosters 3 crow, if I remove the 3 crowing roosters will the 4th one start crowing? Or do they tend to retain their original disposition when you remove the dominant roos? Because the quiet rooster, Clover, is really sweet and if he remains...
From what I've seen yes, she is clear, I can check again when I get home from school today, they are on shavings in a 4x4x4 enclosure that is well ventilated
The silkie that was originally the concern is sneezing the most and almost constantly(she sneezes once then 30 seconds to a minute passes and then sneezes again), she hisses when she breathes, and she often cocks her head to one side several times in a row as in she goes from her head in the...
So they all are sneezing now we are treating with amoxicillin, but because in CA you can't get antibiotics over the counter for your animals we are treating with Fishmox, they are 250mg capsules. it's 1 capsule per 10 gallons, but obviously that is the measure for fish, how many capsules should...
There is a video I don't have anything of her breathing when I started recording she started doing that.
And there is a photo of her too. She is one month old.
She is about a month old and they are in my garage in a big plastic watering trough i will provide pictures in the morning since it is currently 10:30 pm where I am
One of my silkies sounds snotty when breathing, as in when it breathes there is some times a "ssss" sound, I haven't seen it sneeze nor any discharge, not acting lethargic or anything either, could it be the bedding they're on Or an actual illness? I've seen another silkie sneeze but no odd...